PMP Application process

Once the application is submitted it takes around 5 business days for the review to complete.

If your application review is successful, you can go ahead do the payment for the exam and schedule it at a Prometric center.

If your application is selected for an audit, you need to provide the necessary documents that PMI asks for to complete the audit process.

Remember you have 1 year to schedule your exam after the successful review of the application. During which you can take the exam up to 3 times (in case if you get unlucky the first time)

What is in PMP Exam

200 Multiple choice questions with each question having 5 choices and only one is right.

The exam duration is 4 hours.

There is no percentage of pass mark defined. PMI has its own way of determining if the candidate has passed by awarding one of the 3 grades – Proficient (P) / Moderately Proficient (MP)/ Below Proficient(BP) to the 5 domains – Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitor & Control and Closing.

Getting BP (Below Proficient) in one or 2 phases does not always fail the candidate. But If you obtain P / MP in all the 5 domains you will surely pass the exam.

Once you pass the PMP exam it is valid for 3 years, after which you need to show 60 PDU credits every 3 years to maintain your certification.

Hello Bibhas,
There is no age limit restriction to take the PMP exam. You are eligible to take the exam if you meet the pre-requisites as mentioned in the post. Since you are a B.Com graduate, you need to show 7500 hours of experience working in the 5 phases(Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & control and closing phases of the projects). These hours need not be evenly distributed too. For more updated details always refer to the PMI.org website. – http://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/pdf/certifications/project-management-professional-handbook.pdf